Finland is the biggest contributor to global innovation in the world

Publicerat av Cecilia Helland
fredag, 26 februari 2016.

Finland has been identified as the biggest contributor to global innovation in the world.

A new study by Information Technology and Innovation Foundation ranked 56 countries based on 27 different factors reflecting the way their economic and trade policies contribute to and detract from innovation globally.

According to the study, the stronger a country's contribution to global innovation, the greater its own success in innovation is domestically. Relative to the size of their economies, the nations at the top invest more in science and human capital, and have stronger innovation incentivizing tax policies.

Top 10 countries contributing most to global innovation through policy

Finland

Sweden

UK

Singapore

Netherlands

Denmark

Belgium

Ireland

Austria

US

Helsinki is the most innovative mobile app city in Europe

Another recent study supports Finland’s positive attitude towards the importance of global innovations. A report by Caribou Digital studied where the most successful mobile apps are developed and ranked Helsinki second innovative city in the world. Researchers defined success by developers whose products were ranked in the best 500 in different app stores. Finland’s success is mainly the result of the hit games Clash of Clans and Hay day by Supercell.